Creating Accessible Documents for Use on Clerk Websites

Are you a Clerk content creator responsible for providing Americans with Disability Act accessible documents to be added to the Clerk HillsClerk and ClerkNet websites? This 1.5 hour course will teach you what you need to know to make your documents accessible.

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Introduction
- Welcome
- Introduction to this course
- Course Objectives
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Why do documents have to be accessible?
- ADA
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Who is helped by accessible content?
- Who is helped by accessible content?
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What is it like to use a screen reader to read documents?
- Screen Readers
- Section 1 Quiz
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Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Word: Introduction
- Creating Accessible Documents in Word Introduction
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Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Word: Headings
- Creating Accessible Documents in Word - Headings
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Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Word: Lists
- Creating Accessible Documents in Word - Lists
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Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Word: Scanned and Alternate Text for Images
- Creating Accessible Documents in Word - Alt Text
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Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Word: Type Fonts
- Accessible Documents in Word - Fonts
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Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Word: Tables
- Creating Accessible Documents in Word - Tables
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Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Word: Logical Reading Order
- Creating Accessible Documents in Word - Logical Reading Order
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Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Word: Color and Contrast
- Creating Accessible Documents in Word - Color and Contrast
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Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Word: Blank Spaces
- Creating Accessible Documents in Word - Blank Spaces
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Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Word: Word's Accessibility Checker
- Creating Accessible Documents in Word - Word's Accessibility Checker
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Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Word: Saving as PDF
- Creating Accessible Documents in Word - Saving as PDF
- Section 2 Quiz
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Verifying Accessibility in Acrobat Professional: Creating Forms
- Verifying Accessibility in Acrobat Professional - Creating Forms
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Verifying Accessibility in Acrobat Professional: Using Acrobat's Accessibility Checker
- Verifying Accessibility in Acrobat Professional - Using Acrobat's Accessibility Checker
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Verifying Accessibility in Acrobat Professional: Using the Read Out Loud Tool
- Verifying Accessibility in Acrobat Professional - Using the Read Out Loud Tool
- Final Exam Instructions
- Final Exam
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Congratulations
- Success and Final Words
- Certificate Instructions and Download Resources

What an outstanding resource!

Kelly LaFollette

This training was so thorough and easy to understand. The thought of creating accessible documents can be daunting, but this really helps break it down into...

This training was so thorough and easy to understand. The thought of creating accessible documents can be daunting, but this really helps break it down into smaller/easier steps.

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A Course for ALL Government Employees

Nancy Popick

This course is extremely useful for all government employees, not only those uploading documents to a Court eportal.

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Excellent instructional

Nichole Chiaramonte

This was a well thought out instructional course that helps explain some of the reasoning behind why items fail the accessibility checker. I feel a follow up...

This was a well thought out instructional course that helps explain some of the reasoning behind why items fail the accessibility checker. I feel a follow up video for all of the different 'fails' and their respective solutions would be great since the original video only touched upon a small sampling of possible errors that can occur.

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Awesome Course

Alana Brewer

This course was very thorough and gave me a lot of knowledge about creating accessible documents which I will need to use. Thanks you!

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Good information to have

Kris Compton

Susyn does a great job of explaining why documents need to be accessible and showing step-by-step how to make them so in Word. It would be great if the ...

Susyn does a great job of explaining why documents need to be accessible and showing step-by-step how to make them so in Word. It would be great if the course included Excel workbooks, as our struggles lie primarily in making schedules and tables in Excel accessible in Adobe Pro. Even when the document passes Accessibility checking in Excel because tables have headings and charts have Alt text, Adobe Pro fails the file 100% of the time and the errors are rarely correctable in Adobe. So we either need some additional training in this or we need some other software to help overcome this challenge in financial reports and CCOC reporting. I look forward to seeing if Excel is either incorporated into this course or created as a stand-alone course. Still, I recommend all Clerk employees take this course. It's good knowledge to have in mind as you create documents, whether they wind up on the website or not. We should all be mindful that a coworker or other user may need to access our documents and need a screen reader to read it.

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IT Website Manager

Susyn Stecchi

Susyn has many years of professional experience in multimedia and graphics, and created the presentation standards for Orange County Government in Orlando; she served in U.S. Army technical intelligence for 6 years as a Graphics Specialist and Still Photographer, and worked for 4 years as a military contractor as a Visual Information Specialist and Instructional Designer. Susyn taught professional development classes at Broward College in Fort Lauderdale for 8 years on PowerPoint presentation design and best practices, in additional to sustainability. She worked in law enforcement for 10 years in road patrol investigations, 7 of those in Florida. Susyn is the Clerk's Website Manager, responsible for the administration of many Clerk website products, such as HillsClerk, ClerkNet, and the HillsClerk Professional Development Academy. Susyn is a power user of most Microsoft Office products. She loves to teach to help people learn how to use software more effectively and more efficiently, and share all of her tips and tricks.

Creating Accessible Documents for Use on Clerk Websites

Are you a Clerk content creator responsible for providing Americans with Disability Act accessible documents to be added to the Clerk HillsClerk and ClerkNet websites? This 1.5 hour course will teach you what you need to know to make your documents accessible.

Course Curriculum

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Introduction

Why do documents have to be accessible?

Who is helped by accessible content?

What is it like to use a screen reader to read documents?

Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Word: Introduction

Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Word: Headings

Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Word: Lists

Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Word: Scanned and Alternate Text for Images

Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Word: Type Fonts

Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Word: Tables

Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Word: Logical Reading Order

Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Word: Color and Contrast

Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Word: Blank Spaces

Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Word: Word's Accessibility Checker

Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Word: Saving as PDF

Verifying Accessibility in Acrobat Professional: Creating Forms

Verifying Accessibility in Acrobat Professional: Using Acrobat's Accessibility Checker

Verifying Accessibility in Acrobat Professional: Using the Read Out Loud Tool

Congratulations

Free for Clerk Employees

Free

Course Reviews

What an outstanding resource!

Kelly LaFollette

A Course for ALL Government Employees

Nancy Popick

Excellent instructional

Nichole Chiaramonte

Awesome Course

Alana Brewer

Good information to have

Kris Compton

Course Instructor

IT Website Manager